Peacock Press November 2011.pdf - Belvoir High School

BELVOIR’S YEAR SO FAR—MR AINSWORTHI am delighted to read throughthis years final copy of thePeacock Press. So much seems tohave happened within the schoolin a short space of time.We began the year proudlycelebrating the success of our lastyears Y11 GCSE pupils. As a group72% of the year achieved 5 ormore GCSE’s grade C’s includingEnglish and Maths, which was thethird best performance by aschool in Leicestershire, LeicesterCity and Rutland. Just as pleasing,has been that in the last 2 years99% of pupils have achieved atleast 1 grade C.The 1 st September arrived and wewelcomed 134 children into Year7, suddenly the school felt smaller,than it had in the summer. WeSTAFF NEWShope that these pupils are assuccessful and enjoy their time atBelvoir High School as much as ourleavers,At the end of Half Term we saidgoodbye to Miss Stark who hasbeen an excellent English Teacherand Head of Department for 15years. I know many current andformer pupils will have very fondmemories of her inspirationalteaching, and we wish her all thebest for the future.There have been so many fantasticachievements by our currentpupils during the recent months.The rich range of activities showsthe vibrancy of the school and inthe Peacock Press you will read ofevents ranging from EuropeanWeek of Languages to CookeryCompetitions, and not forgettingthe efforts of the pupils which wehave celebrated through the newGold Awards.As staff we were upset to hear ofthe death of Beth Cottam ourWork Related Learning Coordinator.Beth started at BelvoirHigh in January of this year butwas tragically diagnosed withcancer soon after starting, andhas been absent since. She hashad little contact with thecurrent pupils and therefore wetook the decision to make nopublic announcement. Such sadnews makes us all value ourcurrent health and I hope that allof our pupils take heed of theRoad Safety article in thisedition.We are all looking forward to theChristmas festivities and as aschool we wish everyone aMerry Christmas and a HappyNew Year.Mr AinsworthActing PrincipalBeth Cottam – remembered by Paul AinsworthIt is with great sadness that I report the news that BethCottam, our Careers and Work Related Learning Advisorpassed away last month. I recall when I first met Beth at herinterview where her warmth and personality shonethrough. Despite only being in school for a short time, Bethdedicated her time to give expert guidance to students andhelped to direct their career paths in a job that I know shetruly enjoyed. Staff were devastated to hear that she hadlost the battle with her illness. Rev Dr Mark Smith(Governor) led a short time of reflection for staff toremember Beth. A fund raising event for Cancer ResearchUK will take place in the new year.The boys have it!Congratulations to Dr Pennington, Mr Wilson, MrBarratt and Mrs Lloyd on the safe arrival of theirbabies!NVQ SuccessCongratulations to MIssClarricoates and Mr Nespolion completion of their NVQlevel 3 in Business andAdministration.